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I'll give you four examples

1) this, a user commented on my question, he solved it and then someone else 2 hours later, said the same as an answer, although I'm so grateful to all the members in this great community, I don't know if I should give the guy who answered any credits/reputation, the guy who commented might think it's unfair and i think that.

2) this, I haven't had time to test the answer, should an answer be accepted, if not tested by the asker?

3) this, I don't really know common lisp, so I don't know which answer is better, I upvoted all anwers without accepting any.

And the last senario would be if I'm asking for an opinion, lets say on Chess.SE, I asked which opening is better and I got more than a great answer

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    As a general rule commenting an answer is saying; I don't have time to format this as a full answer, if anyone else wants to; go for it. In other words treat answers as if the comments weren't there.
    – Richard Tingle
    Dec 8, 2013 at 23:08
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    Accepting is completely optional, you don't have to accept any. As for 2), I wouldn't accept it if you haven't tested it yet. What if it doesn't work..?
    – Josh Crozier
    Dec 8, 2013 at 23:08
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    Also; try to keep to one question per question. In this case I've comment answered because im only answering one of your questions
    – Richard Tingle
    Dec 8, 2013 at 23:09

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  1. Accept the answer. You comment only, you lose the rep and other bonuses. (It's well documented around Meta Stack Overflow; see here, here, here...)

  2. Wait until you've tested. Accepting is meant to mean "works best for the asker"; that's you. How will you know if it's best if you haven't tested it?

  3. Can't give any general case solutions, but as a Common Lisp-er I'd recommend this one.

  4. Again, accepting means that answer was best for you. Choose the best one for you!

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